B.C. reports 30 fewer people in hospital with COVID-19 and 1 more death
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B.C. health officials reported 449 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Tuesday including 63 in intensive care, as the province recorded one more death from the disease.
The new numbers represent a decrease of 30 COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the last 24 hours. The number of patients in the ICU has not changed.
Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are down by 14.1 per cent from last Tuesday, when 523 people were in hospital with the disease and down about 54.4 per cent from a month ago when 986 people were in hospital.
The number of patients in intensive care is down by about 24 per cent from 83 a week ago and down by 56.8 per cent from a month ago when 146 people were in the ICU.
As of Tuesday, 7.8 per cent of COVID-19 tests in B.C. are coming back positive, according to the province's COVID-19 dashboard. The number had been above 20 per cent though most of January but began to fall in February, along with hospitalizations.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has said that anything above a five per cent test-positivity rate is an indicator of community transmission.
The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,915 lives lost out of 351,141 confirmed cases to date.
There are a total of 14 active outbreaks in assisted living, long-term, and acute care facilities, with three outbreaks declared over by the province.
As of Tuesday, 90.7 per cent of those five and older in B.C. had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 86.5 per cent a second dose.
A total of 2.6 million people have received a booster shot to date.
B.C.'s health minister denied on Tuesday that the province is backing away from a long-promised COVID-19 vaccine mandate for regulated health professionals.
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